Madden NFL 22 is NOT GOOD - Review

Madden NFL 22 is another sad, embarrassing, and careless installment in the once well-received Madden franchise. EA Sports once again drops the ball. 2/10. (This is a review of the next gen version on Xbox Series X)
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:35 - Review Process
04:36 - Game Modes Overview
05:08 - FOTF (Career)
06:29 - Franchise
09:38 - Other Game Modes
10:40 - Gameplay
13:56 - Presentation
15:03 - Graphics
15:53 - Polish
17:03 - Final Score
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[@spacecadet2226]

Opening grunt sounds made me stay for the full video.

[@SOFTDRINKTV]

It's so hot

[@Winnerizzy]

I love it

[@GoodvibesXD]

Lol those are the developers in the background

[@lukethompson2714]

Are the m factors coming to ps4 and Xbox 1

[@GreenBayPayton]

I just liked that a Switch was there.

[@Matthew-McCallister]

The craziest “Screw Madden” moment was definitely when Dalvin Cook sat out a game because he was grieving his fathers death, and Madden dropped his overall rating.

[@antjacksonjr]

Damn that’s messed up

[@dylanaroberts97]

What the fuck

[@Hellsbest1986]

how is this even real thats crazy

[@Jestin612]

Yeah that's some ba ba bullshit. He's one of my favorite players on my favorite team and dude lost his dad!!!! EA is so trash

[@nate567987]

@@Jestin612 I have strange feeling that was not ea fault

[@tylerverdin4213]

We honestly need to boycott this crap for a year or 2.. I know I’m doing my part, just wish everyone else would join.

[@vandershightimes792]

It’s hard with madden being the only football game tho

[@Skeagle1]

Play the previous year

[@elscruffomcscruffy8371]

@@Skeagle1 just stick with an older game

[@vandershightimes792]

@@Skeagle1 which is even worse after they stop updating it and the graphics get worse and worse every year……

[@SmanQ17]

Same brother

[@brendandoherty9110]

Quit buying this garbage and hold EA accountable.

[@dillajoints433]

Most people have but the problem is the few that do purchase it spend 3 x what it’s worth on card packs.

[@lionsden5123]

EXACTLY

[@chicagowest23]

exactly hold them accountable

[@therelaxingchannel7903]

I’m buying this year cause I atleast waited 2 yrs of games.

[@christianalexander579]

My parents got it for me as a Christmas gift i didn't have to buy it

[@RickyHadou]

“I expect nothing and I’m still let down.” Madden in a Nutshell

[@AgentSmith911]

EA in a nutshell. It's the same for the FIFA fanbase. Hopefully the new BF game will be good.

[@crimsontide1980]

@@AgentSmith911 I have faith in BF, seems like they're going back to a similar formula as BF4. Not every EA game is horrible, all depends on the developer. The dev team behind Madden is notorious to not listening to what the customer wants. I think they gwt enjoyment out of the fact that they haven't made any substantial improvements on the gameplay in many years and people still buy it

[@jaiddencrazyman12]

You gotta realize it was a trial so hopefully they fix it but I don't get why they doing a big franchise update a month after the game comes out

[@poobz3733]

This game should be 20$

[@poobz3733]

I know I'm not buying it. Fuck em

[@algeorge7761]

Tua throwing with the wrong hand in warmups at the beginning tells me everything I need to know.

[@rileyhayward8217]

I thought the same thing

[@markvade691]

Whahaha, I didn't even notice it but now that you said it... Since when is he ambidextrous?

[@bonjourphoenix7487]

@@markvade691 he’s ambidextrous irl lmao. He’s a righty but his dad taught him to throw with his left

[@shannonjefferson874]

😂😂😂

[@bonjourphoenix7487]

@@shannonjefferson874 it’s not funny. The commenter just isn’t too bright

[@Chris-tw7qv]

I’m going to hold a controller when I watch the real nfl on tv this season, it will probably be more fun.

[@peter8333]

😅

[@commonsenseability]

watching the actual sport is supposed to be more fun than the video game.

[@commonsenseability]

@DrkAsDeath I'm not your "bro" first off, second don't question common logic. Yeah watching and studying the sport is more fun than any video game that anybody can make TF you mean?

[@zeroedge893]

@@commonsenseability wow you're a new type of special person

[@commonsenseability]

@@zeroedge893 says the guy that expects video games to be realistic

[@kaleb8402]

I disagree with one thing he said, we don't need to reach out to EA we need to reach out to NFL about their exclusive contract. Plain and simple Madden needs competition 💯

[@trippytree3889]

yeah for real I though that competition was supposed to be a must in this here capitalist society... madden is a good example as to why

[@jaridwarren4004]

Bring back 2k

[@commonsenseability]

Everything in the NFL has exclusive deals, from the shoes they allow the players to wear down to the types of tablets and headphones they allow. It doesn't make any financial sense to let anyone make a NFL game especially with the past games being 80% shovelware.

[@TheAlmightyClipse]

It's greed, that's all it comes down to and EA had the money to lock up an exclusive rights licence back in 2005. Word is the NFL weren't happy with that $20 something dollar price point for ESPN NFL 2K5, cause it made their league / branding look "cheap". EA s#!t the bed knowing there was no way they were going to keep up with the quality 2K was putting out. Ultimately 2K although had good intentions with that low price point, they ended up shooting themselves in the foot.

[@commonsenseability]

@The XRP Maxi WE don't that's y'all. I'm still playing Madden 25

[@simsdruhan1256]

Tua throwing with his right hand in the beginning just really set the tone 💀

[@travisoshea]

Seriously!!!

[@aaront8]

Haha I know - and in EAs trailer they had Tom Brady throwing with his left hand. They need to start putting simulation football in quotes from here on out.

[@b47ancevic53]

@@aaront8 no they didn’t lmao delete this.

[@discobiscuits2100]

Don’t buy this game boys. Show them enough is enough. Only way we’re going to see some change.

[@sparingpickle4918]

Welcome to America. Where idiots buy the same thing over and over and vote democrat over and over.

[@theorangecarousel481]

I love tua warming up with his right hand. It’s a also terrible that the pc version is still the old gen version.

[@juslikemefr]

Fr like pc's can be so much better than next gen but somehow ea doesn't think so

[@trillkevin7632]

@@juslikemefr 2k doing the same shit

[@booya2k]

@@trillkevin7632 I think 2k is at least keeping the gameplay the same as next gen.

[@travmakesbeats3372]

Did u ever see the condition of the ea app on pc? Always broken and doesn't download half the time lol they can't figure out pc even though the game is made on a pc

[@TheDominiqueBallou]

Why put money in so much time into pc when the community is going to mod it anyways.

[@ninji5226]

"this game sucks year after year, why do they keep making it" -dude standing in line to buy it! There's a solution and everyone should know what it is at this point.

[@IAMNOTRANA]

I don't like to collectively shit on whole sports player but its just majority of them arr absolute idiots. Probably the worst excuse I heard from them is "I don't play anything else" Imagine never touching any other game genre in life beside sports game.

[@ninji5226]

@@IAMNOTRANA my brother is one of them, not an idiot per se, but he only has bought consoles for sports games. I don't get it, but I also kinda do, just seems like a lot of money for 1 type of game.

[@the406seadonkey6]

@@IAMNOTRANA Who the hell are you to judge or tell what games people should like on a personal level? Tool-bag. You have some serious gall and some small balls.

[@PGO_Gaming]

@@the406seadonkey6 No, you have small balls if you took offense to it. Rana had balls to say it. You wouldn't take offense if it didn't apply to you. It must.

[@sorakh4119]

@@the406seadonkey6 Looks like we found one of them. Imagine literally playing only one game genre in life lmao

[@emmanuelgutierrez7627]

The moment ultimate team blew up, it was over for every sports game

[@lionsden5123]

Yup. They found a new way to make money off of garbage, and haven’t looked back since.

[@liammonaghan4785]

tbh tho ultimate team in 20 and 21 was fun and easy for no money spenders i didnt buy 22 though

[@owainraysor5108]

@Edward Richthofen It most definitely blew up. A large chunk of EA’s yearly revenue comes from their sports games’ Ultimate Teams. The idea was so successful, that the EA Board of Directors made the dude who first designed it the new CEO after the old one wasn’t able to reach desired quarterly earnings.

[@johnx295]

Crazy how this story never changes. I’ve heard people complaining about Madden for nearly 10 years and they still don’t care. It’s crazy. Never seen a company not care about it’s customers more than EA.

[@wesleyjc80]

As long as they sell EA will keep releasing subpar piles of S**T called games. People need to stop buying if they want to see any change.

[@csward5380]

They don't have to because the NFLPA doesn't care. They did take concussions out of the game to pretend they don't happen though.

[@jeffreymorse8470]

Spectrum is way worse I can tell you that for sure.

[@GoldenBoyJRH]

Activision begs to differ with your comment

[@ninetailedfox579121]

Yeah, Madden 22 is the same shit. It's got like 25% positive ratings on Steam yet it's on top of the top selling charts. Sad really, nothing is going to change like this.

[@youdbettertube]

EA employee taking notes on this video: "He says it's improved over last year, deeper franchise mode, great value, presentation looks good, best graphics for an NFL game on the market 👌"

[@edrinnnfuentes2925]

Its the only nfl game on the market thats the problem lol

[@kendrickmajor4218]

😂 classic

[@michaelpercy8692]

It has but honestly franchise should be a lot more in depth and yeah some of the animations are annoying

[@jakebuchsbaum3348]

@@michaelpercy8692 I also want all time and historic teams as well as historic and all time college football teams

[@michaelpercy8692]

@@jakebuchsbaum3348 idk if they can do college but they should definitely do historic teams. Or at very least for colleges do all time college teams of nfl players. Where it’s the nfl players with their prime OVR on their college team

[@ari-dynamicarchive]

I still miss the days of creating a whole new team, designing a logo, and so on. I still remember recreating my high school home team and throwing them into the big leagues. I'm guessing they'd figure people would abuse it-- and they'd be right-- but by the gods would it be so, so refreshing than the same ol' sh-t they add each year.

[@trippytree3889]

this was the best part of madden in my opinion. it was great sitting down with my friends designing the worst team ever where our best player was the punter at like 50 OVR XD those were the days

[@youreverydayhellknight4257]

@Soldier people would import 99 overall custom teams into online and completely demolish other people’s average teams? Idk?

[@Doug19752533]

totally agree. some of the old logos for create a team were great. i redid the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in black with red trim, similar to the Falcons (but had the falcons play in their throwback red uniforms) and a nasty looking pirate with a sword behind him. Also ive never been a fan of the name Tennessee Titans, i would prefer Nashville Titans. SO i recreated the Titans using same color scheme, but called them the Nashville Wildcats. And with the controversey surrounding the Redskins, i made the Washington Senators using a design similar to the old Patriots. miss those days of the game. i would also LOVE to see in Madden ALL uniform combinations teams had - the Jets with the plane logo, the bucs orange pants, to name a few, the Patriots original tricorn hat logo, but i guess we will never see that

[@dominickAvega]

Precisely why I haven't spent a dime on Madden since 2005. I miss Visual Concepts😓😓😓

[@MrBigdjc]

I still play 2005 franchise mode.

[@commonsenseability]

They've been neglecting and destroying entire game franchises the whole time, not too much to miss.

[@jameskeller1910]

'Examining something critically is not hating.' Line of the fucking decade

[@ashtonisadore7032]

Really think franchise bring more money than Ultimate team? Was with him til then Now tgars way off trust

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

@@ashtonisadore7032 thats not the point child. Selling gambling to kids will always generate more $$$ but it is a giant regression from previous games.

[@cheifsfan78]

Well all the Ultimate Team suckers and yes you are exactly what I said, suckers. You are in for a big wake up call because it is only a matter of time before laws come into place to regulate it. There has already been hearings in other countries (where EA reps made in absolute fool of themselves, if you don't believe me I can post the link) and it has been banned in certain counties. It is a matter of time before it has happens in North America. When that happens, EA will have no choice but to focus on gameplay or lose their license to make it. When actual simulation gameplay happens, 90% of the suckers that cannot find glitches and spend hundreds of dollars to buy a better team, will not play anymore

[@Behind.The.Scenes.Phoenix]

@@ashtonisadore7032 ea said this themselves, that way over half of their customers only play franchise

[@cheifsfan78]

@@Behind.The.Scenes.Phoenix well EA lied lol

[@br__uh]

“They hate us, I swear they hate us” we all felt that one man😂

[@Dionte1995]

Fr

[@clintoldenburg9494]

We don't hate you we're just confident in developing the game ourselves and adding in features like SpongeBob stadium.

[@QBryant14]

good they need to upgrade on madden im not buying this game

[@tiomadden7775]

With the Senior designer a Falcons fan, Quality Designer, a Vikings Fan, and the new former roster guy turned designer, a Patriots fan, that sounds like the playoffs on our way to our SB52 win. Don't forget the Cowboys fan Roster Guy who deletes deletes deletes our ratings even when our players make the pro bowl since 2017. Guess how I am playing Madden 22? Without my tackle buttons working. Yes. Our tackle buttons are not working. Ryan Moody put my video on his channel. Boy do they really hate us!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4utiYaKoainnMU

[@nandaalur6583]

@@QBryant14 ye

[@shaquaviousscott6858]

*watches this video 3 months later* yep it’s still pretty bad. Just won a game 26-0 and the box score said I lost 18-6 😂

[@thenvpshow7627]

0:35 Tua is lefty, so why is he throwing righty? That right there shows you how much effort EA puts into the game lol. What a joke.

[@loganwhite8375]

Guarantee you that animation is scripted to throw in the starting QB of that team, with the backup next to them, always throwing right handed due to home/away team orientation on the field, etc. So they always have the QB throwing right handed for the animation since that's how the camera shot and player orientation are set up. Just lazy programming. A simple throwing hand check and having a reverse shot or different facing starting QB to throw left hand, sad really.

[@Drew-dj3yj]

@@loganwhite8375 Seriously, it can’t be that hard script the left handed QB’s, there isn’t that many.

[@therelaxingchannel7903]

I feel like the devs don’t watch or know much about football so they just program the basics. That’s why AI coverage makes no sense some times.

[@aramismcginty918]

Best quote “At the end of the day the kid still sucks at school” That shit had me weak lol

[@SOFTDRINKTV]

I thought it would be a good analogy

[@nasholston5112]

Nah I did the same. Really emphasized how mad he is at EA

[@sparingpickle4918]

Welcome to America. Where idiots buy the same thing over and over and vote democrat over and over.

[@evanbuda1250]

Hahahhahaha me too!!

[@collinghood6828]

@@sparingpickle4918 why bring politics into a subject that has nothing to do with politics? What is wrong with you?

[@jdm3litecoulture-572]

I miss getting grass stains throughout the whole game and the field being tore up.

[@garrinwilson7375]

That’s not maddens fault.

[@djsav688]

@@garrinwilson7375 give more detail bro

[@Ricey167]

@@garrinwilson7375 how

[@garrinwilson7375]

@@Ricey167 most stadiums are turf and turf doesn’t leave grass stains

[@garrinwilson7375]

@@djsav688 most stadiums in the nfl are turf

[@robloxwatchdogofficial8674]

Please fix these things EA - Bring Back Breaking the Huddles - Actually put effort into the face scans - Don’t make the run overpowered - Don’t have punters fill in for your Quarterback - Make ultimate team fun and stop making it a cash grabbing scheme - Fix Blocking - Improve Franchise - Build upon your career mode - Make the game more user controlled - Make the Game less animation dependent - Have the game have knowledge to calculate things - Add a better halftime show/show commentators like 2k - Add a pregame show/show commentators like 2k - Make players on the sidelines actually look real and not jump up and down, and point. -Make challenging plays actually work - Fix your servers - Touch up the fans a little - Make the game actually be optimized for the new consoles. -Add Cheerleaders -Add sideline reporters like 2k -Fix the ratings (your rating some players too low/too high) -Add team mascots -A little more equipment -Fix Madden pronouncing cyberface players names -Add some better rewards for winning the Super Bowl in franchise (Rings)/make the celebration a little bit better. -Add a nfl honors ceremony -Add getting the halas or Lamar hunt trophies when winning the afc or nfc championship -Add better Ultimate Team rewards -Add teams theme songs in the stadiums when the music is playing -Add actual fan noise from actual games not generic fans screaming and stuff -Add Coin Toss at the beginning of the game -Add Refs back -Make some abilities less overpowered/don’t make the game ability dependent -Bring back create a team -Add More Accessories (Mouth Guards, Necklaces) -Create a cleat/design your own cleat -Fix large game glitches -Add new Announcers -Playing with college teams -Create a stadium -Fix Quarterback speeds behind the line. -My field like 2k -Get rid of auto spike -Make long snappers a position -Create a play feature -More customizations -Add historic/All time teams in franchise mode -Add more promos to Ultimate Team -Make Aggressive catching more effective -Fix throwing animations -Make offensive linemen better -Add custom face scans to Madden like ufc (GameFace) -Defensive Awareness needs to be improved -Franchise should have a Player Personality Feature -Fix Defensive pursuit Angles -Physics based gang tackling -Fix the cpu swerving from left to right while in pursuit -Tone down X-Factors -Let us add X Factors to a player if we create a player -Let us add X Factors to different players in franchise -Add a radio show just like 2k at the end of a game -Add Tattoos -Make a neighborhood -Fix Running Back Speed begins the line -Make accelerating have the disadvantage of having less control -Fix the rate of fumbles (especially with Quarterbacks) -Bring back some old school playbooks -Fix the pause glitch -Make Realistic Draft -Add cultural differences between team fans -Play other positions in fact of the franchise -Bring back crowd noise that affects the game -Make the AI smarter so people can’t run the same play over and over -Add more commentators -Make madden cross platform playable -Add more levels to the gauntlet -Fix Linebackers -Add mouthpieces -Tone down fast QB (Lamar, Vick) -Let us earn MUT Cash through challenges -Fix no huddle -Add an edge rusher position -Punish cheaters -Add different sport networks to the scoreboard (FOX, NBC, etc) -Increase the age cap (It only goes to 40) -Let us see opponents record in ultimate team -Make announcers try to pronounce created players names -Let us add multiple teams to go against in franchise (every other week) -Make the announcers sound more excited after a big play -Make injured players look more injured and not just kneeling on the field (Like bring out the stretcher on the field) -Dynamic/Realistic Weather in online games -Let us be the NFL commissioner in Franchise -Let us edit the conference’s (Maybe allow us to relocate teams) -Add more depth marketing and financing in franchise -Add pro bowl mini games -Allow us to be every position in create a player -Let us challenge plays online -Fix it where you don’t play the same person as often -Fix the standard jersey sleeves -In online games let us use color rush jerseys -Scouting combine in franchise -Add Baggy Sleeves -Add Untucked Jerseys -Add Scrunched socks -Add Oakley Visors

[@coolmug3346]

I think those are all good ideas good job putting in the effort to type all of that 👍

[@Safarichromosomeslol]

@@coolmug3346 He put more effort into this than EA did with Madden

[@coolmug3346]

@@Safarichromosomeslol fr

[@chadcas]

When they started paying attention to “improving the graphics year by year” the game play began to suffer bit by bit.

[@damien9683]

They're selling a polished *turd* with RTX on....

[@BeniBape]

Bro imagine advertising HIRING ASSISTANT COACHES as a new crazy feature.

[@Amb252]

When It was in previous games but they "fixed franchise mode" gtfoh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@1D4ever]

Fake assistant coaches

[@gogiants98]

imagine how bad this feature is gonna be in online leagues, where there's no negotiating or competition to hire people, just first come, first served?

[@ramal5708]

Can't wait for pay to win style Franchise mode, like MUT you have to play online and spend money to win. It will be featured in future trust me

[@OBM45]

they love to do this thing where they take something out the game and add it back in the game years later then present it as “a brand new feature”

[@DaffyDuck007]

Let's see if the EA devs hit their "Step in the right direction" quota on Metacritic this year.

[@SOFTDRINKTV]

With the two franchise changes, I'm expecting IGN to pull a 180 and go back to sucking EA's peen

[@tufstuff2586]

@@SOFTDRINKTV nice

[@jackhammer2506]

Ya and ign is gonna give them their bullshit ass 8.5 rating

[@bkhizzo]

Yeah right 😀😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣😀😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣😀😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣

[@tylergriffin3408]

@@SOFTDRINKTV Listen do you think they will put all of the old features over night I understand why people are mad because they want more but you guys never give this game credit. Also they added more to madden in a development cycle then what they added in 5 years

[@joecollins1785]

Man who remember NCAA gamebreaker, Blitz and Gameday? Way before a ps5 4 and 3 if I'm not mistaken. Only this better is graphics I miss the gameplay. This world is only about a coin now.

[@toosavagegamingx]

Love the vids! This is one of the few channels that keeps it real and isn't nutt hugging ea and I appreciate that.

[@abombnyy13]

Ah Tua warming up throwing right handed 😂😂😂

[@DaffyDuck007]

I noticed that too! Hahahahahaha!

[@centralhockey12]

Huge middle finger from EA to all of us Dolphins fans lol first thing I noticed from this video

[@knagtarky9605]

So much for us left handed people lol

[@ja5thehokage]

I just said the same thing 😂

[@SOFTDRINKTV]

@@centralhockey12 EA doesn't care man lol. They don't even try

[@sustydank]

Let’s not forget that PC still isn’t considered next gen🤦‍♂️

[@SOFTDRINKTV]

Makes no sense

[@gamingwithblueberry4638]

2k does the same

[@shawklan27]

Same with fifa and its being ignored for nhl and ufc. Same with the swtich getting reskined versions of the ps3 fifas

[@6ix750]

well to be fair the most high end pc struggle to keep up against a ps5 or Xbox one x

[@lukethompson2714]

@@SOFTDRINKTV are m factors on ps4

[@BoondockGore]

I haven't bought one since 08 so I feel your pain. Imagine if you had 2k gameplay but could still price your nachos in the stadium like in madden 07! (A man can dream)

[@sobe1kenobi381]

I’d love to see Franchise mode: restructure contracts! Been missing that for EONS!

[@ben.is.better]

Yea when you have someone like melvin Gordon asking for mccaffrey level money it makes 0 sense

[@josephdshue]

There's Tua (a lefty) throwing with his right hand in warmups. SMFH

[@Alan63366]

Lol came to see if someone caught that

[@Nsmbandpokemon]

Love how EA has had the ESPN license for years and doesn’t use it for their scoreboard or their commentators

[@showtyme5439]

Just a slap in the face to 2K or more like twisting a knife in their belly.

[@nekaneka-lo2js]

I've been playing without broadcast for years now. Its sad

[@colekoenig6077]

Lol NBA live does tho

[@yaboytroy357]

@@colekoenig6077 oh, that game that hasn’t had a new release in 3 years?

[@jacoby8903]

@@yaboytroy357 yea thats bad if a game that hasnt been released uses shit from espn and ea wont even bother using its resources😂

[@robertbrownjr.1298]

This is sad. I bought Madden 21 and it was so glitchy after two weeks I took it back. Looks like I’m doing the same with this one. I started Franchise mode played my first game on All-Madden. Won 28-16, when I got back to the screen it said that I lost 16-0. The stats that I accumulated were still present but I still lost. So Derek Carr had 3 touchdowns but I still didn’t score any points in the game!! More problematic is that this won’t get better hopefully until 2026

[@kriscynical]

I found this channel through Angry Joe and I gotta say, the way you narrate seriously reminds me of Cleanprice Gaming, which is a compliment because I liked his style of narration back when he was still active.

[@StevieRichardsFitness]

ESPN NFL 2K5 is still the best football game ever made.

[@GoWithTh3Flow]

Easily. Not even close.

[@Megatron-gl6ff]

Blitz is second

[@MRCLJ]

It was so fun bro

[@detroitheath288]

2k8*

[@brandenwehner7750]

Stop it

[@brochacho9546]

I still don’t realize how EA just end up making the game worse and worse every single year. It’s like a hidden talent of EA. After watching your video I finally decided not to buy this game after years of buying the game. Nice video man as always.

[@TheTexasCowboy56]

Cause they dc people still will put money into it.

[@jcshades3]

Haven’t played madden in a few years. Although at least non game play stuff ea has been slowly improving fifa. Now if they’d work out the bugs

[@adamriddle7425]

They are essentially getting paid by game "testers" who by the game and test it in real time then only actually look to fix a small the issues brought up through patches over the break between games. This way they can say fixed things and improved the game.

[@mjszn5032]

They just don’t care. All they want is money from MUT.

[@db8365]

It’s better

[@evanwhite5945]

Madden 22 is so bad that: A: I turn my TV down when I play it so that my neighbors don’t find out. B: My white face of franchise player has black legs on draft day.

[@fd9447]

People need to stop complaining. It's pointless. There's exactly one way to get them to change. Vote with your dollars. People keep buying it and asking "why don't they change this?" They don't care what you post on KZbin. They don't care if you complain on Twitter or Facebook. They don't care if you reach out to them directly. I find it funny that people still are baffled that "We complain, and EA still doesn't care." They'll care if they stop getting your money. That's the full list. You might have to (gasp) play your old one for a few years to hold you over. That's what I've done.

[@baumer2504]

You sound so tired and irritated doing this review. And that... Is absolutely PERFECT! Couldn't get more honest. Great review.

[@Amb252]

Tbh we can't blame him

[@houseoflightassembly7171]

Agreed honest ...

[@farkhanhersawinanda6451]

Me too...😔

[@jamesb925]

@@Edixim it's really bad bc somehow madden 07 on the ps2 is better

[@seanwarner9893]

Those graphics are so underwhelming. And saying this plays like Madden not like the NFL might be the most accurate thing I've ever heard

[@itzzztvx7950]

They quite literally can’t upgrade graphics they can only slightly upgrade them each year same goes for 2K and any other sports title due to Them being a yearly game meaning less time to work on the game design unlike other big RPG Game’s who have years of development but they could work on animations, gameplay, and commentary

[@7James77]

If its in the game, its not in the game

[@7James77]

@@itzzztvx7950 thats nonsense. I just popped in Madden 13 and the graphics look light years better than 22. Football players are technically just one character model with varying body sizes. Once you animate the model the rest have the same animations. Dont make excuses for their laziness. If anythinf, they should be even more efficient and releasing premire high end graphics due to their experience creating a game every year.

[@GeneralBuckNaked]

@Bill Hyman... Super 🧢.. It looks NOTHING like 22, wtf you talkin about guy! Lmao. Yall are the worst

[@tylergriffin3408]

@@7James77 dude your saying m13 has better graphics look at the fans in m22 next gen and the presentation looks better to

[@uncledrew7633]

Hey SoftDrink love your videos man and Go Giants! But quick question out of all the Maddens post PS2 which Madden has the best gameplay ?

[@sweetwonkahallelujah7016]

It’s crazy how I have no idea who the individuals are who make Madden…it’s like Madden appears every year from hell

[@waltersobchak6]

Generic coach names don’t sell the game for me. They had actual coordinators in the old games 15 years ago

[@johnmara5046]

Why can't they have Dan Quinn as the Cowboys DC or Anthony Lynn as the Lions OC? They were both in Madden 21

[@LenGott8345]

I was quietly wondering about this and figured that EA would half ass it. Sure enough, they did.

[@1D4ever]

But they pay for Snoop and DJ Khalid for another one

[@LenGott8345]

@@Edixim Spoken like the kind of gullible mark EA targets when they release this bullshit on the regular. Bless your heart, now go open a MUT Pack and leave the grownups to their talk.

[@1D4ever]

@@Edixim Are you kidding Madden 04 - Madden 12 had real full coaching staffs you could promote assistant coaches to head coach this is years past the exclusive licence. I can't fathom a logical reason for someone to make up a ridiculous excuse like that.

[@breal1183]

Could you imagine where we would be today if NFL 2K was still around? We would be in utter football video game euphoria!

[@goldfox177]

To be fair it was the NFL who did that themselves they where made about the price wars during madden 05 and 2K5 so they said only one game which is dumb because you would make more money if more companies pay for your licenses

[@Amb252]

@@goldfox177 exactly

[@bigdoinks69]

@@goldfox177 yeah the NFL was salty because NFL 2k not only made a better game but they also flooded the market with just a $20 price tag to show appreciation for their fans.

[@konesie101]

To be fair NBA 2K has had it rough in recent years. I’m all for piling on madden but I can’t ignore issues that 2k has.

[@sparingpickle4918]

Welcome to America. Where idiots buy the same thing over and over and vote democrat over and over.

[@wayofsway]

I just wanna say I really enjoy this channel and I'm glad it's still around. Thanks for the review.

[@Egolithz]

Is there a good NFL game for a person who hasn't played an NFL game since 2k5 and am looking at a relatively newer NFL game?

[@spongebelt]

Can’t wait for the IGN review when they say it’s the “right step in the series”

[@maxcartel6707]

8/10 ign

[@Solznmid]

Good thing my cousin works at Walmart got free copies 😂

[@GodFist215]

Its actually a good madden in recent years only on a ps5 or xbox series x you can feel the difference, on the old consoles its just a copy and paste from 21.

[@markgoffe5683]

@@Solznmid Hmmm..Walmart employees dont get free copies of video games. THEY BARELY get Health Insurance let alone free copies of anything..Smh

[@ah149a]

@@markgoffe5683 They get a five finger discount!

[@alexwendt9570]

0:36 we see Tua (a left handed qb) warming up with his right arm... just EA things

[@philipjeffers5829]

Was playing madden mobile awhile back and had Matt leinhert as my qb, another left handed qb. Every challenge I did he was throwing right handed

[@alexwendt9570]

@@philipjeffers5829 they are lazy

[@goldrush49]

Jesus Christ I didn’t catch that. Terrible

[@sobeghellibread2256]

The catch animation at 2:00 is the cleanest and most realistic animation I’ve ever witnessed

[@shadowlife15]

Something you didn't mention enough was how CB's in this game have a massively boosted speed and catching stat on all-pro or higher. 70% of the receivers in the game can't get separation on any route, and the 30% that CAN get separation will get fatigued and won't be able to do that after so many plays. In order to win you have to have a good RB who doesn't fumble, and just run every down. CPU secondaries still have 360 degree vision and immediately teleport to the ball no matter where they were originally, and your own recievers will make zero effort to go up for them sometimes even when you hit the right button. Passing is basically not even a part of this game anymore.

[@patrickmccarron2817]

I feel like I’ve just kind of accepted that there won’t be another NFL simulation game worth buying in my lifetime. There is just no incentive to change for EA (or the NFL for that matter) and I’m done expending any energy on it after all these years. I won’t be buying another madden game, but it’s not like EA will ever care or notice and I’ve just become resigned to that fact.

[@MyCelticsBlewIt]

Same with nba2k. No competition so they stop trying

[@smoovnyc4206]

I felt that man real talk

[@hughjanus700]

I know how you feel man. Intellectual property is stupid

[@th12906]

This is true until ncaa comes out. Madden has always been terrible but ncaa always incentivized the maddens to compete with them so both are deemed worthy to buy. At least when ncaa comes out we will have good football games again like the greatest football game of all time ncaa 14

[@moep7433]

Yea I finally accepted that fact myself. I tried to keep playing because I love football but these past 2 years, Madden has been really horrible so I'm done!!!!!!! Lol Will not be buying Madden ever again and I'm sad but will not spend money just to yell and be mad at a game that's not going to change.

[@palehorse6655]

I read an article about a guy who worked on madden when they started using the frostbite engine he said that ea forced them to use it so they wouldn't have to pay for another engine like the unreal 4 engine and the frostbite engine is extremely hard to code and add new stuff to because it's not made for sports games it was created for first person shooters everytime they try to add something or patch a glitch it would take 20 minutes on a different engine but on the frostbite it can take weeks to fix a simple bug because it screws up so much code when you attempt to patch it

[@1D4ever]

They should have kept ingite then

[@christophermunoz3679]

Yeah if this is true only Developers can save us cuz tua throwing with his right hand is just fucking sad cuz I loved this game growing up

[@DarkKnightofAnime]

That asked a scary amount of sense

[@7James77]

EA deserves it for ripping people off every year.

[@brandoncotton5714]

Bioware has made the same complaint. Frostbite isn’t meant for RPGs but EA demands it be used on everything.

[@the_sixxness]

I was sick of Madden years ago. I bought a SNES and started playing Tecmo Super Bowl III again. I'm ten years into Season Mode. For the first four seasons I played Tampa Bay and won three Super Bowls. Dallas beat me in the NFC Championship game. Then in year 5 I took control of Jacksonville and used the classic players I unlocked due to winning the Super Bowl three times in a row to rebuild their team. Tampa beat me in year 6 but I finished with three more Super Bowl victories and took control of Arizona. I already have a Super Bowl victory with Arizona after going after Joe Montana in free agency. Basically I have had more fun lately with a football video game from 1995 and I haven't bought a Madden title since 07 for the Wii. I still love 07 on my Wii but the writing has been on the wall since then and Madden isn't worth it today.

[@persefoniharbinger5190]

I subbed I would love to hear a review of nba2k22 you broke down every mode individually I appreciate that

[@zenawan2627]

I’m convinced they have 5 people developing these “new games each year.”

[@zombietaco2391]

Yeah definitely. Its obvious it's just one guy smoking crack, copying and pasting last years code. Which is the code from the year before. The bugs are stacks and stacks of wasted code and bullshit they dont know how to fix, because they didnt code the game. It's all copy and paste.

[@tronjackson5366]

EA: write that down!

[@thomasjustinmedia]

Yea… that don’t even watch the sport .. yet alone played the game

[@KillaCam2534]

I agree. Something aint right…

[@damn_jaz9895]

@@zombietaco2391 man,they are canadians. They even create the main soccer game and they don't even know what soccer is

[@yurpitsVu]

You hit the nail on the head when you said the last great madden was 2007. That really hit home. I miss those offseason drills to improve players stats. Those were the days

[@sparingpickle4918]

Welcome to America. Where idiots buy the same thing over and over and vote democrat over and over.

[@francisoffilth7953]

@@sparingpickle4918 bro you're just replying with this copy and paste nonsense of everyone's comments

[@Vorzilla]

They even removed the practice.. I don't understand what they are doing it why

[@psyqdelic9397]

FACTTSS

[@dustanedwards]

You could even hire a retired player as coach in franchise mode

[@kriscynical]

You mentioning Great Value made me immediately remember the time my college roommate bought a box of Great Value Cheez-its and they legit tasted like dish soap. And then I laughed because _my GOD_ was that ever an apt comparison.

[@jack_ssr]

Just found your channel, this video was hilarious g

[@steffanw15]

Still seeing every receiver, safety, and cornerback end up all together on a deep pass still makes me cringe. Literally never happens unless it’s a Hail Mary to the end zone

[@felixlara2945]

When a 60 overall corner locks down your 99 overall receiver and mosses him with one hand

[@felixlara2945]

When a 60 overall corner locks down your 99 overall receiver and mosses him with one hand

[@felixlara2945]

I hate seeing my 99 overall linemen blocking nothing and losing reps to 70 overall edges

[@trueterror3099]

@@felixlara2945 ok well elite lineman lose reps to new players all the time, it happens. Ratings shouldn’t always be 100% win or lose. Like it wouldn’t even be worth playing. Not saying a 70 overall cb should locked up a 99 but they can get a win or two on a rep

[@felixlara2945]

@@trueterror3099 elite linemen don't lose reps actually especially not to lower talent, at best 3 times a season but on Madden it's almost every damn play

[@idewittwright]

This is the most accurate review of any game I've ever watched. EA is an absolute embarrassment of a company and the NFL needs to end this contract in 2026. EA pays top dollar to make sure 2K can't make another NFL game because if 2K could,, they would end Madden the same way they ended Live...John Madden is rolling right now.

[@JRock424]

@Phantom Freeze In the case of the WWE, they're allegedly *Pissed* that 2K22 is delayed to March 2022.

[@LunaticTheCat]

Yup, Madden is basically NBA Live quality.

[@DevonMontague]

Wwe was a good game until 2k had to mess with it 20 is so glitchy and laggy

[@vimic9507]

@PhunkyEssence atleast they have quality content such as MyLeague in Nba2k. Now i understand why you may think that 2k is a bad company, but thinking that it is WORSE than madden is not 100% accurate to the entire game to say the least

[@JC-db7so]

I’d rather play blitz than madden 22. Is it really that hard to make the game play like the real game?

[@shadowstalker7259]

So, if I buy a ps2 and ESPN Nfl2K 5 would that be a good purchase?

[@xaye2790]

Anyone else get the bug where when you load into a game of franchise one side of the ball won’t have x-factors? Its only on specific teams that it happens to. I’ve had one x-factor on each side and it only happened to one :/

[@insertnamehere7322]

First thing I noticed is they don’t even have real coordinators on the staffs LMAOOO so much for them improving and making franchise mode feel realistic

[@Amb252]

Wait people actually thought they'd improve franchise mode that's their first mistake 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@insertnamehere7322]

@@Amb252 LMAOOOO I was bamboozled

[@daemonhansen]

@@Edixim the NFL has nothing to do with if coaches can be put in Madden or not, that strictly depends on the deal EA made with the coaches union. It’s why BB is always some random coach since he’s never been a member of the coaches union.

[@talkingeco3734]

So, why has the recent trends been that EA releases an incomplete game every year, only for it to get marginally better throughout the year? The laziness of EA is unmatched I think

[@oddoperator3524]

If you want Madden 22 and have Gamepass on Xbox you get it in March aka the full game

[@bozznianbandz1191]

Laziness? Or are they picking up on consumers stupidity ?

[@ryanatorryanson9535]

Right?! I mean we know they have deadlines to meet, but the game is maybe 75% there upon release EVERY YEAR.

[@generallee1699]

EA can be lazy and not make a good game because they know that they will make tons of money off of MUT and the streamers/content creator's that mindlessly spend $1000s on MUT bundles. Heard that one of the streamers blew 10k on packs/bundles yesterday alone. It's ridiculous!

[@facilityisfunctioning9034]

They have to release the game every year before the NFL season. It’s hard to fix everything and make the game still interesting in that extremely short amount of time while updating the old game. Please be understanding that their goal is to make money, not a perfect football game.

[@Mentos6]

Reminiscing about the beginning of the end of my love for this series. It started much later on. The first thing that actually really got under my skin was the way Auto-Flip works. You can't run a proper Cover 3 base scheme (Not that you could ever run a realistic defense anyway), simply because of how auto-flip works. Typically when you base out of say...Sky you have one Safety that is primarily an underneath guy and one Safety that is a deep guy. Autoflip doesn't recognize these roles and flips the safeties putting your underneath guy deep, and your deep guy underneath. Forcing a true sim player to have to either balance their safeties, accept that on half their plays their defense will be out of position, or turn off auto-flip and have their defense's strength frequently be on the wrong side of the field. This simple thing was what really got me peeved at EA, all the rest just compounds it. Also the fact that the 3-4 Predator flip is broken, when the "end" flips he faces the wrong direction. It's been like this for...ever. Then there is the broken owner mode. Ticket sales are still broken afaik but I haven't tried M22. Stadium rebuilds are ludicrously over-priced. A savvy human player can survive this, but the AI cannot. When the Vikings rebuilt their stadium IRL they started out with a EA'd stadium money sink and drowned in it. So EA has been forcing me to play as a coach for years, and years, and years when I actually don't want to be the coach. Additionally, player contracts are stupid we can ALLLLLL agree on that. Everything that is wrong with Madden is because of the people that spend money on Ultimate Team. EA doesn't have to make a good game, because they keep the money rolling through Ultimate Team. Madden is just a scam to get the younger generations to dig into their christmas gift money and their parents wallets to buy virtual cards they don't even actually own. Stop fucking buying cards and we'll get a better NFL game be it from EA or from someone else if EA drops the exclusive license in the face of decreasing profits.

[@mrman3523]

Worst part is when the qb scrambles in the red zone and instead of eventually chasing them down, the defense just stands there.

[@mikeoxmall01]

I speak for everyone when I say , I WISHED THEY ADDED CLASSIC TEAMS , new & old era teams :(

[@patinmcman9810]

I would play it way more if they had those. Also, classic drafts would be cool, like 2k

[@mikeoxmall01]

@@patinmcman9810 classic & all time teams are way over due on madden . We need to change it like we madden then finally change franchise

[@Pats12win]

They wont …. Because EA is despicable.. they only want to make money… if those teams stop u from playing mut.. which also has classic players… they wont give it to you

[@patinmcman9810]

@@Pats12win Sadly, this is true

[@TPRES_74]

They only make Madden for MUT plan and simple.They make more money from that than the sale of the game. If they couldn't Pimp MUT they'd give the NFL license away.

[@camark0819]

"Let's add where they can fire and hire assistant coaches who have no affect on the game and they will love it" pathetic

[@brandonpayne2663]

Does anyone else have a problem on franchise mode where are the right tackle position shows up as left tackle on the trade block?

[@brianwarner6038]

Madden is just a 60-70 dollar roster update every year

[@jennetics00]

Funny how you are forced to celebrate after making anything significant happen but in the NFL they bout to start cracking down on celebrations. Nothing new here just madden being unrealistic...

[@chikowashere]

14:07 "Presentation has improved this year." He says while the referees are glitching out in the background.

[@BestGame215]

it is better than last year's tho with then warming up and unlike 21 not having the teams play before the game even starts

[@damarfadlan9251]

The grunts early in the video is so funny.

[@talanroepcke1450]

Y’all see that cut scene with Tua at the beginning when he was throwing right handed…

[@KaraKubed]

The fact that tua is using his right hand in the broadcast clip just shows how little madden cares

[@cainbutler6291]

Are u fuckin kidding me🙄🤦‍♂️EA can’t even get a certain player’s handiness correctly?? God I might consider canceling my pre order for my Xbox Series S…that’s just inexcusable…I can handle the goofy glitches, because they at least make me laugh, but if u can’t even get the player’s throwing arm right, then that’s just absolutely pathetic!

[@woodcrest4655]

@@cainbutler6291 don’t give EA one red cent

[@grizzlyg4008]

I miss uploading my college file into Madden franchise mode. Those were the days...

[@mistermann3225]

This. Same w College Hoops and 2K...

[@TheSaltBoiCometh]

2:01 look at how he readjusts to catch the ball in one fluid motion I don’t think we’ll ever see something like that in madden

[@DTrecording]

LOL Those grunts in the menu remind me of my days on NFL Quarterback Club '99 for the N64

[@theeunknown3988]

I've given up hope on a good madden game honestly.. gotta wait till robots rule the world then maybe the A.I. make a decent game and my cyborg body can finally have peace before I turn off my brain and die.

[@Isosceles8818]

Based times 10

[@generallee1699]

As long as people/ content creator's/ streamers continue to drop thousands of dollars on MUT, we will never have a good game.

[@lvl7Zone]

😭😭😭

[@alfgwahigain5544]

I started playing Madden on the SNES in the 90s. Those games were flawed but still good, and there was competition. MUT is a cash cow, so EA doesn't really care about the actual game. Without competition there's no incentive for them to do anything but maximize profit.

[@randomstuff2.076]

Anyone else notice….TUA IS A LEFTY he is throwing the ball with his right hand in the cutscene 🤦‍♂️

[@SOFTDRINKTV]

the tua disrespect is unreal!

[@GOATSO99]

That Was Madden These Days In One Cutscene

[@charlesmarshall1294]

I played seven games in Franchise and won the all but the outcome was changed to 4- 3 What is the reason

[@mikab2016]

When comes the arcade 2k football game out ? I hear some rumours that they make an football game in arcade style, 2 years ago. Is this right ???

[@nicholasroot3729]

10 years since we got a decent madden, and 9 years since ive bought a madden. It will still be a top 5 selling game so dont expect it to change.

[@BestGame215]

That opening grunt is the funniest glitch i seen it sounds so wrong 😂😂

[@danday9697]

the problem is, people keep buying and keep spending money on it. People accept a failure of a game and they will never improve until they lose money

[@chancecould6969]

Are u able to play fof offline this year ??

[@OSRSnChill]

What you said about skipping the story mode cutscenes had me dying, within 10 seconds of the first cutscene I said to myself I’m not doing another year of cringe cut scenes where my character is just a complete jackass 24/7 and skipped all of them. I completed the trial and I don’t wanna buy the game at all, I hope more and more will join us. Shout out to Ryan moody

[@kavor081able]

Just think of all the resources they put into Face of Franchise (FF) year after year.. Probably a whole team dedicated to just that mode. Imagine scrapping FF and using that team/ resources to continue to build regular Franchise. More eyes and resources concentrating on one mode.

[@timeschange4604]

That's the thing though. They have the ability and resources to fix this they just dont give a dam. 😂

[@ramal5708]

Yet FoF is still crap

[@pendragon3434]

They have no incentive to improve other areas. They have zero competition and they know that MUT fanatics will keep finding EAs disaster of a game. Until there's true competition nothing will change.

[@CatDaddyLurk]

The only reason I even touch Madden is to play the cheesy career stories

[@cory9785]

I think we’d all die for that

[@hawaiipyro808]

This goes to show you that EA sports is in “panic mode” and will do anything to get money into their pocket. Once a game starts to do bad one year after the other. It’s time to do the dirty and make this a transactional game vs a game where you actually make progress. Madden has turned into that sadly where card opening is more fun than the actual game itself. I am glad EA is doing this actually because it shows the dirty and greedy side of what they are trying to do (it’s working but it’s slowly failing). Stop buying madden and keep making them lose money. That’s the only way we can get heard at this point because dollar signs are way more important than listening to a pissed community sadly.

[@laubowiebass]

NBA has the same pay to win factor , right ?

[@hawaiipyro808]

@@laubowiebass yep

[@donaldanderson6408]

Great video👍 and This is why I only play madden 2005 and NFL 2K 2005 on playstation 2

[@badgerryan1545]

Was Tua really there in the beginning throwing right handed… wow

[@BloodInkFilms]

because it wasn't from madden 22. it was footage from an adjusted roster of madden 21. all the footage he showed was madden 21 and then he intercut the madden 22 logo. he showed alex smith playing.

[@Behind.The.Scenes.Phoenix]

@@BloodInkFilms no tua really throws like that in game. Early access was horrid

[@8AMboxing]

Bro I remember when madden first broke.. We were all like, “Why they run like that now?”

[@esjdog]

I remember madden 16 coming out like "Why the fuck do they run like they're boutta shit themselves"

[@lukelaser5397]

And I bet you still bought it didn't you sucker?

[@kylemartineau8269]

@@lukelaser5397 me personally I haven't bought a madden since 19, its just not worth it

[@WKFootballShorts]

the cordinator stuff... Can they add positional coaches and college coaches to possibly hire or premote like premoting a db coach to defensive cordinator yk...

[@evanh.6097]

A big improvement IMO is quarterbacks no longer fumbling every time someone bumps into them while they’re running. I literally wouldn’t run the ball with any qb besides Lamar because of this lol.

[@Mickelraven]

Remember folks, Madden NFL 12 (the last good Madden) is 10 years old! Let that sink in.

[@darnellpowell6212]

I enjoy those games alot especially NCAA 12 and Madden 12 looks great

[@LenGott8345]

Madden 12 was the last GOOD Madden with the last real Franchise mode. Madden NFL 25, is the best of the PS4 era which honestly isn't saying a ton given what follows.

[@christianalexander579]

You don't have to say madden nfl

[@blkmamba31]

Love the idea of ultimate team. Putting your team of players you’ve collected against someone else’s. However, the pay to play absolutely ruins it. Along with scripted play, it’s a complete miss on a good idea

[@fatbroccoli8]

The scripting is the deal breaker for me, same shit is in fifa

[@JRoutz2012]

The only game I’ve ever played that does the Ultimate Team concept right is MLB the Show. You don’t have to pay to win you can earn stubs in the game and buy all the same packs that have the same odds of pulling a great player as the next one does. You don’t have to pay to win and even if you pay for stubs it doesn’t mean you’re gonna get more great players on your team. I don’t know why EA and 2K can’t do the same for their games.

[@ninetailedfox579121]

@@JRoutz2012 That's literally the same shit as Madden my dude. You can also play MUT without paying irl money. Either game if you don't pay real money you're going to be behind people who do.

[@JRoutz2012]

@@ninetailedfox579121 not really in MLB the stubs you buy and the stubs you can earn can be used to buy the same packs which have the same chances of drawing gold and Diamond players no matter what. My DD team in MLB the Show are basically all guys I got from normal packs without paying for stubs.

[@ninetailedfox579121]

@@JRoutz2012 From what I can tell in MUT there is only one pack that is only purchasable with microtransactions, and it isn't even the best pack. Just having packs that are purchasable with real money is what makes it pay to win. The Show is only pretending to be less egregious by face value. How about this for a novel concept: just having packs earnable in-game with no microtransactions? Now that I could get behind.

[@father_yusuke]

One thing that is so annoying is when I sim the game or season they always make my qb have horrible stats and makes him play under average while him being a 99ovr and two 92+ wrs and a good online if u look at ovr